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Very Catholic of you. But the history you think supports your post is somewhat different. The Catholic Church, under the auspices and sponsorship of Constantine certainly put together a Bible, 50 copies in fact. But are we to suppose that the hundreds of thousands of believers, from Britain to...

I think this is close. I liken it to a traffic officer issuing you with a ticket. He comes "in the name of the law". Behind him he has all the authority of government to carry out those duties to which he has been lawfully given. The centurion believed Jesus, recognizing that Jesus was lawfully...

KJV John 1:8-9 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.:D

I cited Jesus. Whatever is needful... To keep the day holy... How you do that...Is according to your own conscience. How you live your life and honor God and obey His commandments is not up to me to explain to you. But I can remind you of the scripture that declared the day as being holy...

You sound like the Accuser. When Jesus met the demoniac among the gravestones I can imagine all the disciples hightailing it outa there and leaving Jesus standing on His own. So what happened? The Word was spoken and the man freed. Sat down right there and then and in his right mind. Doesn't...

KJV Exodus 20:8-11 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy...

If you are quoting this guy and using his writings as your benchmark for Christian faith and practise, you have already taken the first bold steps into apostasy, whether or not you keep Sunday.

On whose and on what authority did they base this change? Even if you have evidence that the apostles themselves changed the day, on what authority did would they offer in support?

Seldom does one read such blatant desperation in order to defend the indefensible. Legalistic? Is abstaining from adultery legalistic? Noah was commanded to build a boat in order to be saved. He built that boat, and was saved. He was saved by grace, but according to your theological reasoning...

Yes exactly. And if in your perusal of scripture, you happen to be reading Exodus 20 and discover a detail therein that reflects your deficiency in your loving of God and neighbor, what do you do to rectify that which God through His word has pointed out?

KJV Revelation 14:6-7 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his...

Y'all show remarkable tolerance despite that knowledge.

This is exactly what I'm talking about... Trusting in the arm of man... Be it politics... Military... Whatever, to defend what are perceived freedoms and rights.

Yep. What frustrates me is the little window you have to scroll to find the errors. Not so bad when it's only a few lines like now, but I have a habit of being overly effusive at times... And then a stray finger accidentally triggers the "post reply" while incomplete and error ridden. Some of...

Rather, think the power the old Roman empire was bequeathed to.

It is amazing to me that the US government could even contemplate rescuing Ukraine from Russia, a nation on the other side of the world, when the US couldn't do anything to stop a tin pot island a few miles offshore from supporting Russia and even sending troops to Angola. Not too mention...

I have been a Christian now for exactly 45 years. Christianity with legislative power and civil authority is my worst nightmare. At no time in history when the church had power to enforce religious laws, was there a good outcome. Bloodshed, persecution, fear, slavery, and a growing downward...

KJV Luke 4:18-19 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the...

If that is how you treat those you perceive as your enemy, how will they hear the gospel? How will they experience the love of Jesus? Or are Muslims excluded from hearing the gospel?

While the Templars themselves as an order may have been disbanded, what happened to their wealth? They were the equivalent to international bankers in their day, and predecessors to the Medicis. Their wealth actually ended up in possession of their fellow Jerusalem order, the Knights of St...